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French General Tax CodeIn force
9: Provisions specific to indirect taxation

Article 1965 FA

Where a person has unduly paid indirect duties governed by this code, he may obtain reimbursement, unless the duties have been passed on to the purchaser.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article D3115-19

…be dedicated to private interviews between medical service staff carrying out border health checks and travellers. These areas are accessible via a specific circuit for the transfer of travellers who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-18

…mpediment. When the Agency has one or more pharmaceutical establishments, in application of article L. 1413-4, the pharmacist(s) in charge are members of the Agency's management. The Director General…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-19

In article R. 713-10 : a) After the words: "to stand for election", the words: "to the college representing activities in the industry, commerce and services sector" are inserted; b) The following sen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-184

…product includes three detachable labels, separate from the information medium mentioned in Article L. 161-36 of the Social Security Code and indicating the name, strength and pharmaceutical form of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-19

…d at the time of the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of articles 181 and 469. If the facts constitute a contravention, the examining magistrate shall order the case to b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-18

…gross remuneration used as a basis for the paid holiday allowance as provided for in II of article L. 3141-24 , reduced to an hourly amount based on the legal working time applicable in the company o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-19

…res called "pôles France" or "pôles Espoirs" that meet the conditions set out in articles R. 221-20 and R. 221-21.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-19

The Minister for Health shall issue a decree setting out the models for forms A, B and C.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-18

The organisations and institutions authorised to issue the special payment voucher referred to in B of article L. 1271-1, on paper or in dematerialised form, receive remuneration from the natural or l…

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